Science and Research committee  I don't have data for the Fonds de recherche du Québec to show whether grants for applications submitted in English are more successful than applications in French. Of course, there are many applications in French. I can speak on behalf of the Fonds de recherche du Québec, but no

Science and Research committee  I have to admit that I can't answer your question. I couldn't say whether the research topics for the applications submitted in French are more contextualized than for those in English. In natural sciences, engineering and health sciences, the research areas are much more univer

Science and Research committee  Given that we administer a research fund, we naturally acknowledge two language communities, one anglophone and one francophone, at McGill University and Concordia University. For natural sciences, as well as in engineering and health sciences, very few journals are published in

Science and Research committee  We have in fact noted a decline in research publication in French.

Science and Research committee  That's more or less what we did when we created the Prix Publication en français. After learning about the data and the trends, we wanted to encourage the scientific community to do more writing and publishing in journals in French. So that's one of the measures that were taken.

Science and Research committee  I couldn't tell you. We are now documenting the grant applications. I would add, however, that Quebec ranks highly in federal government competitions. Year after year, it succeeds in getting 27% of the grants, even though it accounts for only 23% of the population.

Science and Research committee  The Fonds de recherche du Québec contributed to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, the idea being to establish how much weight should be attributed to highly influential journals in assessing grant applications. This is something that has been heavily challenge

Science and Research committee  I'm sorry, but I don't know much about that program.

Science and Research committee  This was the Web of Science, where it was demonstrated that over the past 40 years, from 1980 to 2020, the percentage of papers published in French in the natural sciences and engineering around the world dropped from approximately 4% to one-tenth of 1%. In Canada, this percentag

Science and Research committee  I'm not very familiar with Bill C-13. I think it might, however, help to promote science in French.

Science and Research committee  The purpose of the Relève étoile awards, established some 10 years ago by the chief scientist, is to promote the publications and careers of the next generation of researchers. Each award is assigned on the basis of a single publication. The competition has been functioning extre

Science and Research committee  Are you alluding to an international group? I'm not sure I understand your question.

Science and Research committee  I had mentioned that Quebec's chief scientist was the president of the International Network for Governmental Science Advice. For several years now, he has been pointing out that most discussions are in English, and that this network is more prominent in Anglo-Saxon circles. He

Science and Research committee  Good evening to the members of the Standing Committee on Science and Research. I'm here today representing Fonds de recherche du Québec, whose chief executive officer is Quebec's chief scientist. Three government organizations report to the minister responsible for science. Ther